Splitcoaststampers DTGD 022 Day Seven

Hello and welcome.  I'm totally hoping today's post doesn't get deleted since I have to go redo my Day Six post because blogger thinks cards, and stamping in general, endanger children.  Go figure!

 

Today's the seventh, and final, day of the most anticipated week of the year over at Splitcoaststampers.com.  Every year the design team, aka Dirty Dozen, host a week of challenges for the Fan Club as a way to say thank you for supporting the website.  This year, as we celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Fan Club, the challenges are open to everyone that wants to play along.  Come play along with us.  You can learn a new technique, find new ways to use your stash, chat with the Dirty Dozen and have a chance to win some fabulous prizes. 

As always, I'm trying to use as much of my Never Before Used Stuff and also try to get my Christmas cards done by October.  Here are my cards for today:

 

Stamps: The Cat's Pajamas Space Cadet Clear Set (retired)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Bling, Stipple Brush, Flourish Bling, Dimensionals, 3D Glaze Pens, Ice Stickles, Brads
 

 

Stamps: Taylored Expressions Discover Your Wings

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tattered Rose Distress Ink

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Black Marker, 3D Glaze Pen, Dimensionals, Black Artist Pen

 

 

Stamps: The Cat's Pajamas Salud, Cinco De Cactus (NBUS)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Really Rust; Tim Holtz Walnut Stain, Brushed Corduroy Distress Inks

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Castle Arts Pencils, Dimensionals, Brads, Glue Dots, Gel Pen, 3D Glaze Pen, Black Prismacolor Marker, Ranger Glossy Accents (for drink)
 

 

Stamps: Simply B Stamps (closed now); Stampin Up Boho Background

Ink: Stampin Up Ballet Blue; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass Distress Ink

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Computer, Printer, Brads, PFS Blending Brush, Twine, 3D Glaze/Souffle Pens, Lyra Pencils
 

 

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #40 - July Use Your NBUS (kitty image)

Show Us Your Pussycats #79 - Anything Goes With A Cat 

 

 

Stamps: Impression Obsession Kitty In Tree (retired)

Ink: Tim Holtz Vintage Photo

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Lyra and Castle Arts Pencils, 3D Glaze Pen, Prima, Glue Dots, Copper Cord, Copper Ice Stickles, Corner Rounder, Spellbinders Oval Nestabilities

 

 Challenges entered:

The Flower Challenge #70 - Clean And Simple

Stamps: Hero Arts Good Friends (saying); Stampin Up Hand Painted Petites (retired)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Blue Danube, Cottage Ivy

Card Stock: Hammermill White

Accessories: Crystal Ice Stickles

 

 

Come join us over at Splitcoaststampers.  All of the fun can be found here.  All uploads must be done by July 29th, 11:59 PM Central Time.

 

 

 

Splitcoaststampers DTGD 2022 Day Five

Hello and welcome.  Today's the fifth day of the most anticipated week of the year over at Splitcoaststampers.com.  Every year the design team, aka Dirty Dozen, host a week of challenges for the Fan Club as a way to say thank you for supporting the website.  This year, as we celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Fan Club, the challenges are open to everyone that wants to play along.  Come play along with us.  You can learn a new technique, find new ways to use your stash, chat with the Dirty Dozen and have a chance to win some fabulous prizes.

As always, I'm trying to use as much of my Never Before Used Stuff and also try to get my Christmas cards done by October.  Here are my cards for today:

 

Challenges entered:

The Four Seasons Summer - Anything Goes Summer (see mood board) 

Splitcoaststampers DTGD22luvtostampstampstampB - Americana 

 

Stamps: Stampendous Boston Light; Stampin Up Season By Season Sayings (retired)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: SU Oval Punch, Brads, Glue Dots, Stipple Brush, Crab Punch, Ice Stickles, Big Shot, Sizzix Swirls Embossing Folder

 

 

 

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #40 - July Use Your NBUS 

Splitcoaststampers DTGD22luvtostampstampstampB - Americana

Digi Choosday Wk 29 - Anything Goes Digital  

 

Stamps: Angie Blom Seas The Day Digital Set (NBUS)

Ink: Tim Holtz Stormy Sky, Faded Jeans Distress Inks

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up; Scrap Lighthouse Designer Paper

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Arts Pencils, PFS Slimline Cloud Stencil, PFS Blending Brushes, Brads, Pop Up Glue Dots, Ice Stickles

 

Challenges entered:

Splitcoaststampers DTGD22VickieY - Relax, Unwind In A Beach State Of Mind 

Through The Craft Room Door July 19th, 2022 - Anything Goes 

 

Stamps: The Cat's Pajamas Penguin Summer Clear Set (retired)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tea Dye, Tumbled Glass, Broken China; Adirondack Caramel

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Brads, Sequins, Ranger Glossy Accents, Prismacolor Markers, Dimensionals, Black Artist Pen, Sakura Clear 3D Glaze Pen

 

 

Challenges entered:

Splitcoaststampers DTGD22raduse - Retro Rubber (use oldest stamp in collection) (mine used was bought 27+yrs ago) 

 

Stamps: D.O.T.S. Christmas Nativity (stamp is 27yrs old)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Scattered Straw, Faded Jeans Distress Inks

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: PFS Blending Brushes, Men's Dew Drops, Ranger Glossy Accents, Dimensionals, Distresser Tool, Castle Arts Pencils/Gel Pens, Ice Stickles, Brads

 

Challenges entered:

Splitcoaststampers DTGD22Yoorah - Winged Things 

 

Stamps: Taylored Expressions Discover Your Wings (retired), Garden Party Critters (retired)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Lilac Posies

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Brads, Glue Dots, Sakura 3D Glaze Pens, Ice Stickles

 

Challenges entered:

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #214 - C Is For Christmas In July 

Splitcoaststampers DTGD22JBgreendawn - Santa I Was Framed (use Santa stamp & frame it) 

 

 

 

Stamps: Birds Blog 10-15 yrs ago (public domain)

Ink: Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Stipple Brush, Brads, Glue Dots, Class-A-Peel Silver Stars, Ice Stickles, Black Artist Pen

 

Challenges entered:

Splitcoaststampers DTGD22rubyheartedmomB - Trash Rescue (spotted wrapping paper removed from recycle bin)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 553 to 554 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

 

Stamps: The Cat's Pajamas Make Tea Clear Set (retired) (NBUS)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Brads, Glue Dots, Rescued Wrapping Paper From Trash

 

 

Come join us over at Splitcoaststampers.  All of the fun can be found here.  All uploads must be done by July 29th, 11:59 PM Central Time.

 

 

 

Happy Birthday Cupcake

Hello and welcome.  Today is a special day since it's Taylor's from Taylored Expressions 30th birthday!!!  Can you say Happy Birthday Taylor!!!!!  A few weeks ago, everyone that receives the TE newsletter received a special one from Jon (Taylor's husband) asking us to make a very special birthday card and mail it in time to arrive between June 7th-12th to surprise Taylor.  Here's my card I mailed off to Taylor.  I hope she likes it.  I was dealing with some major migraines at the time I made this but didn't want to miss Taylor's special day.

I started out by stamping my images from Cozy Cottages and CreativiTEA in memento tuxedo black onto MFP snow storm white card stock and colored with prismacolor markers before cutting one image out to pop up later.  Then I stippled Stampin Up! bashful blue & sage shadow inks around the edges of one cottage, layered, and added some faux rose red brads before popping up over a TCP die cut heart border.  Then I popped up the main image panel over the border before popping up the additional cupcake cottage and adding ice stickles to highlight the frosting and hearts. 

Once that was done, I took the second set of images, cut out the flower and saying, popped them up over the border and added some Michael's olive bridal confetti flowers as leaves before adding some layered rose confetti flowers with gold sticker centers as the only embellishment.  With the addition of some luscious chocolate satin ribbon from Stampin Up! my card was finished and ready to mail off.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Make sure to stop by Taylor's blog and wish her Happy Birthday today.

Stamps: TE Cozy Cottages, CreativiTEA
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Flue, Pallet Burnt Umber, Adirondak Espresso
Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, Basic Gray Sweet Threads Designer Papers, Stampin Up! Chocolate Chip, Rose Red, Pretty In Pink Card Stock
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Michael's Bridal Confetti Flowers, Glue Dots, Pop Dots, Ice Stickles, Gold Stickers

Big Hugs - TE Sketch Challenge 147

Hello everybody and Happy Friday!!!  I am thrilled and honored to be one of the guest stampers for this week's Taylored Expressions sketch challenge.  I really like this sketch and I think I'm going to be using it often in the future.

For my card, I chose the KISS method - Keep It Simple Stamper especially since I'm still battling those blasted migraines.  I pulled out my favorite TE petite stamp set Wreath of Love and stamped it twice on white card stock in memento tuxedo black before coloring it with prismacolor markers.  Once those were colored, I made a last minute decision to add the birds nest, so I stamped that twice and colored it as well.  Once my coloring was done, I die cut both of the wreaths using TE's Seasonal Wreath Die so I could pop up one later.  Since I didn't have a background paper to match my images, I decided to make my own by stamping both the wreath and nest in turquoise and green inks before creating a strip alternating the saying with hearts.  For my final touch, I added some silk rosebuds from my stash I had forgotten about until Wednesday night.

The whole card came out a lot better than I thought it would since I was stamping, and assembling, at 2am because I couldn't sleep.  Thanks for stopping by today.  Make sure to stop by all of the TE Sketch Crew and leave them some love.

• Cassie Trask
• Jami Sibley
• Lisa Hjulberg
• Lori Craig
• Margie Cortina
• Monika Davis
• Rachel Sztonyk
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Tracy Clemente
• Guest Stamper: Michelle, Bonnie (that's me!) 

For details on how you can participate in this week's challenge and have a chance to win a TE gift certificate, hop on over to Taylor's blog to check out all of the details.  Also don't forget to upload your creation to Splitcoaststampers and then link it to the TE forum.

Have a great weekend and happy stamping!!


Stamps: TE Wreath Of Love
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Tempting Turquoise, Glorious Green, PTI Pure Poppy
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Glorious Green
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Pop Dots, TE Seasonal Wreath Die, Stipple Brush, Silk Roses, Glue Dots, Staple, 1" Hole Punch

Welcome Little Angel

Hello and welcome!!!  It's that time of the month again - Taylored Expressions Blast From The Past Blog Hop.  This month's theme is birthday or birth day since our friend and owner Taylor welcomed Madelyn Grace VanBruggen into the world last Tuesday, September 13th.  If you haven't had a chance to welcome Madelyn, or post your congrats, stop by Taylor's blog today.

For my project, I pulled out one of my favorite TE sets, Beary Special and got to work.  I just love all of the stuffed animals in this set because they can be used for all sorts of occasions: birthday (any age), baby congrats, get well, thinking of you, sympathy, etc.  It's definitely a set I'm thankful Taylor came out with and I'll never be parting with it.

After stamping several images onto white card stock in memento tuxedo black ink, I pulled out my prismacolor markers and started coloring allowing the background designer paper to dictate the colors I chose to work with.  Once my images were colored, I cut them out, except one for the card so I could pop up the backpack/diaper bag later.  Pulling out several of my dies, I started cutting out bows and some ric rac borders before sponging regal rose ink on them.  As I was laying images out on the frame, I decided I wanted my saying there instead of on the outside of the card, so I pulled out Cozy Cottages and inked only the Welcome portion of one of the sayings using a memento teardrop inkpad.  After adding the rest of my saying from the Beary Special set, I pulled out three of my Marvy oval punches and punched out the saying as well as two corresponding layers before sponging regal rose ink on those as well.

Once that was added, I decided to add my version of those little umbrella favor "thingys" you get at wedding and baby showers, but I didn't have an umbrella die.  Problem solved.  I pulled out my Garden Party Blooms 2 die and used the leaf/stem to become my "umbrella" and then added a bow using my TE Basic Bow die to the top.  Here's a close up of the frame.

For my card, I simply followed the same idea as the frame, however, just adding the backpack/diaper bag and popping that up using Michael's pop dots with some mini pink baby button brads I've had in my stash for years.  I also pulled out a "It's A Girl" sticker saying from my stash for the front before adding a small Basic Bow die cut underneath it.  For the final touch, I sponged regal rose ink around the edges of the entire card.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Make sure to stop by all of the participating hoppers and leave some love.  You'll find the list below.  Have a great day.

Stamps: TE Beary Special, Cozy Cottages

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink

Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink, Mauve Mist, MTME Welcome Baby Girl Button Digital Designer Paper

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, TE Dies, Sponge, Stipple Brush, MFT Die-Namic, Marvy Oval Punches, Sticker, Making Memories Baby Button Brads, Frame, Computer, Big Shot, Printer, Michael's Pop Dots

August Blast From The Past Blog Hop - Hoppin & Stampin In The Dark By Flashlight

Hello again!  It's time for another Taylored Expressions Blast From The Past Blog Hop.  I bet you're wondering about the title of my post today.  Well this last Saturday night/Sunday morning, we lost power for over 2 1/2 hrs (2:30 - 5:00 am) in what was still 90 degree weather and with another migraine (rolls eyes).  For those of you that live in Central to Northern California, you know what that means...no power = no air conditioner = no sleep: even at oh-dark-thirty with the front door open and the screen door locked.  So I grabbed a flashlight, a battery operated mini floodlight and found my way to my stamp table in the dark.  Fortunately, I had already chosen my stamp set and stamped my images.

After pulling out my dusty Stampin Up! wood less pencils, I colored the dress form and sewing machine and then outlined them with a light gray prismacolor marker before layering.  Taking my Maya Road chipboard pieces and some Stampin Up! craft spots, I "colored" the chipboard pieces by using the direct to paper technique and then colored again using the matching marker on the sides.  Once the chipboard dress form was dry, I took the saying from TE's Sew Happy set, inked it in PTI dark chocolate ink and stamped the saying over the dress form.

Once everything was totally dry, I pulled out some Making Memories ribbon I've had for over 5 years and have been afraid to use since I liked it so much and began assembling my card still by flashlight.  Now, other than the card being crooked, and a few other things being slightly crooked, I think the whole thing came out ok considering the circumstances it was made under.  Under normal circumstances, I would have finished in 30min or less, however, with no power, working with a migraine, and working by flashlight/mini mag light it took the entire 2 1/2 hrs we were without power.

Make sure you stop by all of the participating blogs today for additional eye candy and don't forget to leave some love.






Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great day.



Stamps: TE Sew Happy
Card Stock: Stampin Up! Cameo Coral, Vanilla, October Afternoon Thrift Shop
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Spots: Craft Cameo Coral, Close To Cocoa Craft, Old Olive Craft, Ruby Red Craft
Accessories: Stampin Up! Wood less Pencils, Color Spritzer Tool, Maya Road Chipboard Pieces, Primas, Ribbon, Stampendous Class-A-Peel Stickers, Ribbon, Pop Dots, Mini Circle Punch, Mini Pop Dots, Prismacolor Gray Marker

July 2011 Blast From The Past

It's that time of the month again - Taylored Expressions Blast From The Past Blog Hop.  I am so glad this day has come.  I was beginning to worry I wouldn't be able to participate thanks to my migraines.  They've gotten really bad lately, however, thanks to Taylor's Dies, I was finally able to make a card in a few minutes.

This month's challenge is "Sending You Sunshine".  Well, for those that live in California, especially the Central Valley, sunshine is all you get during the summer; except this year for some reason.  Hmmm.  However, I digress.  For me, summer and sunshine means lots of sun, flowers, fruits, nuts, harvest time, grass (some of it brown) and 100+ degree temperatures, perfect for TE's Garden Party Blooms set.  However, this time, I planned on using my matching Garden Party Blooms Dies 1 & 2 instead of cutting everything out by hand like the last time I used the set.  That was such a total V8 moment when I came across those.

I started out by stamping my images in various colors of PTI ink to match the Cosmo Cricket Pixie-licious designer paper.  Once that was done, I pulled out my Big Shot and cut out all of the images.  In order to make the PTI spring rain layer stand out a bit more, I rubbed some spring rain ink along the sides of the card stock before adhering it to the designer paper. 

Finally, the inside, which I don't normally decorate complete with the phrase "Sending You Sunshine".  Here's a pic of the inside.

Make sure you stop by the rest of the hoppers in the list below for some more eye candy.




Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great day.


Stamps: TE Garden Party Blooms
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Various PTI
Card Stock: White, PTI New Leaf, Spring Rain, Cosmo Cricket Pixie-licious
Accessories: TE Garden Party Blooms Dies 1 & 2, Pop Dots

A Weekend Of Stamping - A Combination Of Challenges

Second post for me today.  If you're looking for my My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch challenge, please scroll down one post.

I've been trying to  stamp whenever my migraines allow me lately and on Sunday afternoon and late Monday evening, I finally felt well enough to do some.  Fortunately, I had some pre-colored images just waiting to be made into cards I could use. 

First up, is the Stamp Something monthly digital challenge.  I pulled out a digital image I had colored with prismacolor markers from Sassy Cheryl's.  Once I had finished stippling Stampin Up! bashful blue ink around the edges of the image, and layered everything, I added it to a pixie pink card rolled with Stampin Up's hot to dot wheel in pixie pink with some pink ribbon I had sitting on my stamp desk.  The whole card took about 15 minutes to assemble.  For the final touch, I added some ice stickles to highlight the water in the inflatable pool.

I also finally got a chance to ink up my Taylored Expressions Sew Happy set and do a TE sketch challenge for  the first time in a few weeks.  Since I was using a petite stamp set, I decided to use up some of my scraps and pulled out a long piece of black card stock for the base before layering on a stamped white, then pink, pieces of scrap card stock using Stampin Up's retired aida cloth background.  I stamped my TE images onto white card stock scraps using memento tuxedo black ink and then colored with prismacolor markers before popping up the entire main image panel over some recycled ribbon and then one of the dress forms.  After cutting out the spools of thread, I added those just before the ribbon knot, then the saying, and some metal dot stickers for the final touches.

My final card made, is for Mark's Finest Papers Speedy The Cat's Friends patriotic challenge.  I pulled out a couple of Rubber Monger backgrounds that haven't seen ink in a year and combined them with some Costco designer paper I've had in my stash for a while.  Once everything was layered, I lightly stippled Stampin Up! caramel ink over the card to age it a bit, added some ribbon, brads, and prima flowers to the bottom.

All of the cards made this weekend were easy ones due to my migraine, but relaxing and fun just the same.  Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Sassy Cheryl's Digital, Taylored Expressions Sew Happy, Rubber Monger Declaration, Drummers

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Creamy Caramel, Bashful Blue, Pixie Pink, PTI Enchanted Evening, Scarlett Jewell

Card Stock: White, Costco Designer Paper, Stampin Up! Black, Pixie Pink, Green Galore, Bashful Blue, PTI Enchanted Evening, Scarlet Jewell

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Computer, Printer, Stipple Brushes, Brads, Ribbons, Pop Dots, Word Window Punch, Prima Flowers, Metal Dot Stickers, Ice Stickles

June 2011 Blast From The Past!!!!!!!

If you're looking for my My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern sketch, please scroll down one post.

Hello and welcome to the June 2011 edition of Taylored Expressions Blast From The Past blog hop.  This month's hop theme is "Old Glory" and we were to use the colors red, white and blue.  So I dug through my stash of designer paper to find something appropriate and pulled out a 12x12 piece of vintage looking Costco paper I bought a couple of years ago.  Now what to do, what to do with it?? Hmmmm...

I finally decided on my Cozy Cottages set that has not seen a whole lot of love lately and stamped the cottages twice in memento tuxedo black onto white card stock before coloring with prismacolor markers.  Once the second set of images were colored, I cut them out for popping up late then stamped the dog from In The Park, colored him and cut out to add to my little scene before popping the cottages up with pop dots.  Once this was done, I decided to try getting a little creative. 

I always remembered growing up the July 4th firework celebrations put on by the city and school district I grew up in at the local football stadium.  So, I tried to make my own fireworks over the cottages by using some flowers from Garden Party Blooms by adding some bling to the centers and then drawing some "tails" showing where the fireworks had shot off from.  Not sure if I achieved what I wanted or not, my husband sure didn't get it. *shakes head*

Thanks for stopping by today.  Make sure to stop by all of the participants blogs today for some inspiration and eye candy.  Also, please make sure to leave some love for their hard work.





Stamps:  Taylored Expressions Cozy Cottages, In The Park, Garden Party Blooms
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Night of Navy
Card Stock: White, Papertrey Ink Enchanted Evening, Scarlet Jewel, Costco Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush, Gem Stickers, Brads, Pop Dots, Glue Dots, Black Marker, Stampin Up! Old Olive Marker

April Blast From The Past!!!!!

It's that time of the month again!!!  Taylored Expressions Blast from the Past Blog Hop!!  This month's challenge is to make something clean and simple.  When I saw the instructions this month, I immediately thought of JulieHRR cards!!!  She makes the best CAS cards. I never like making one layer cards, with so much white, until a Dare To Get Dirty challenges a couple of years ago on Splitcoast.

For this month's challenge, I decided to use the set I won last month, In The Park, to make my clean and simple card.  Using some scrap white card stock, I cut it down to just larger than 3x3 so it would fit into a regular envelope and not be rejected by the postal service.  After I stamped my images in memento tuxedo black, I pulled out my prismacolor pencils and blender marker for coloring. 

Once the coloring was done, I then stamped the dog onto some more scrap white card stock, colored it, cut out and adhered to the main card sitting on the bench. 

Here's a close up of the card itself.

For my saying, I pulled out the matching "Just sittin' here Thinking of you" and stamped it on the inside with an uncolored dog.



There are a lot of hoppers participating today, so make sure you visit all of the participating blogs (listed below) and leave some love.





Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day!



Stamps: Taylored Expressions In The Park
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: White
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Prismacolor Blending Marker

Vintage Jars - TE Sketch Challenge 136

Hello again; the weekend is almost over.  Sigh!  Tomorrow it's back to work again.  Anyhoo, I made the most of a semi-migraine free day and stamped my take on this week's Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge on Splitcoast.  I decided to use my new Taylored Expressions set Treasure Life, Apothecary Shelf and the matching dies.

I started out by pulling out some October Afternoon Thrift Shop designer paper, and then matched my card stock & inks to it.  After stamping my apothecary jars in memento tuxedo black ink onto white paper and cutting out using the matching dies, I then pulled out my prismacolor markers and got to coloring.  I decided to make one of the bundles of "apples" into "peaches", and it turned out pretty good I think.  Once the coloring was done, I cut out the shelf, and put the jars to the side for popping some up later.

To make the background, I stamped the apothecary jar border into Paptertrey Ink ocean tides ink onto Stampin Up! baja breeze card stock.  Once that was layered, I pulled out some vintage brads and added some silk flowers from Joann's below the filled shelf.  Two of the apothecary jars are popped up on mini pop dots, with the one remaining jar layered on the inside with the saying.  Here's a close up of the center layer.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great evening.




Stamps: Taylored Expressions Treasure Life, Apothecary Shelf
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Papertrey Ink Ocean Tides
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Baja Breeze, Kraft, October Afternoon Thrift Shop
Accessories: Dies, Prismacolor Markers, Brads, Silk Flowers, Mini Pop Dots

Vintage Paris In Spring

Hello again.  Today I'm sharing with you a card I made using one of the Taylored Expressions digital images being offered in their Splitcoast forum.

Once I downloaded the image and printed it out, I used my prismacolor markers to color everything before stippling some caramel ink over it to "age" it a bit.  Pulling out my Making Memories Travel designer papers, I chose one that resembled a postcard to use as the background then hunted through my K&Company vintage die cuts to find appropriate matches. 

After my image and saying were layered, I added some vintage brads then popped both up on dimensionals, making sure the saying was slightly higher than the cuppie image before adding my chosen die cuts.  Once the card was finished, I had this crazy thought to stipple caramel ink around the edges of the card for some additional "aging".  Now why didn't I think of this before the card was assembled??  Oh well.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: Taylored Expressions Digital Cuppie In Paris
Ink: Stampin Up! Creamy Caramel, Bashful Blue
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Creamy Caramel, Garden Green, Making Memories Travel Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush, K&Company Vintage Die Cuts, Brads, Glue Dots

Welcome To The Neighborhood

Hello and happy Tuesday.  While playing around this week with some of my Taylored Expressions sets, I decided to finally ink up Cozy Cottages. 

Once I had stamped all of the cottages I wanted and colored them with prismacolor markers, I cut each one out to pop up some while leaving others "flat on the card".  I had decided to use some MFT cloud digital paper as a background to give a more realistic look.  After pulling out some Jolee's die cuts, the Whimsy Tree Die and a MFT cloud die-namic, I was ready to assemble everything.

Once I had popped up two of the cottages, I realized I needed one more so I stamped the birdhouse, colored it then added it to the card.  The grass and flowers are Jolee's die cuts while the frog is a dimensional sticker from Michaels.

Thanks for stopping by. 


Stamps: Taylored Expressions Cozy Cottages
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Green Galore, MFT Digital Cloud Designer Paper
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, TE Whimsy Tree Die, MFT Cloud Die-Namic, Dimensionals, Jolee's Die Cuts, Frog Sticker

Creativitea And A Sketch Challenge

Third post for today.  If you're looking for my Christmas Card Challenge or My Time Made Easy challenge, please scroll down.

I've finally gotten a chance to participate in the Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge.  Since I had to stamp and assemble my card with a migraine, I chose soft colors to work with.  For the challenge, I pulled out my Creativitea stamp set, and then made myself a cup of tea to stamp with. I stamped the images in memento tuxedo black ink before coloring with prismacolor markers.  After coloring my images, I pulled out my Stampin Up! 1 1/4 circle punch, punched out the images, and then sponged regal rose ink around the edges. 

Since the sketch has a bow in it, and I'm horrible at making bows, I stamped an extra flower image  and layered it over stamped regal rose card stock to replace the bow/ribbon in the sketch.  I then decided to pull out my Stampin Up! small flower trio punch to create some small flowers out of scrap Basic Grey Euphoria designer paper then adding some glitter stickers to the centers.  For the final touch, I added some gold ice stickles to the centers of my stamped flower & teacups.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great day.



Stamps: Taylored Expressions Creativitea
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Regal Rose
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink, Pink Pirouette, Basic Grey Euphoria Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Dimensionals, 1 1/4 Circle Punch, Flower Trio Punch, Glue Dots, Sponge, Stampendous Bling Stickers, Gold Ice Stickles

March Blast From The Past!!!

Hi there.  Can you believe it's March already?  Wow!!  Where has this year gone to already?  It's that time of the month again - Taylored Expressions Blast From The Past Blog hop!!  This month our challenge is all about spring.  My idea of spring is blossoms on the trees with new green leaves.  So with that in mind, along with another migraine, I pulled out my Branching Out and Branching Out Coordinates sets.

I started by stamping my images on white card stock in memento tuxedo black ink and then coloring with prismacolor markers.  Once my animal images & birdhouse were colored, I set them aside for cutting out and popping up later.  I then ran some Stampin Up! pacific pointe and green galore card stock through my big shot with a leaves cuttlebug embossing folder.  Once my dry embossing was done, with the layers added, I took my main image, layered it then stippled some Stampin Up! bashful blue ink around the edges for the sky. 

I then added a butterfly brad I had found at Michael's in the top left corner, while adding some Making Memories white baby brads in the remaining corners.  After cutting out my extra images and popping them up on  mini pop dots, I then added some small green primas to look like blossoms with a Stampendous bling sticker center.  Another prima flower with a brad center, and a Martha Stewart green grossgrain bow finished the card off.

Not bad, even on the freakin migraine meds again.  Now make sure you stop by the rest of the hop participants (listed below) for some more eye candy and please leave some love on their blogs as well.









Have a great day!!

Stamps: Taylored Expressions Branching Out & Branching Out Coordinates
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue
Card Stock: White, Stamping Up! Pacific Pointe, Green Galore, Kraft
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush, Martha Stewart Ribbon Bow, Glue Dots, Pop Dots, Primas, Stampendous Bling Stickers, Making Memories Baby Brads, Michael's Recollections Butterfly Brad, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Leaves Embossing Folder

February Blast From The Past!!!!!

Hi everyone.  It's time for another Taylored Expressions Blast From The Past Blog Hop.  For this month, the challenge was green - either the color or recycling something.  I chose to use the color in my card instead and make something celebrating spring.

I pulled out my Garden Party Blooms and Garden Party Critters sets.  After I stamped my main flowers on MFT white perfect panels, and colored them with prismacolor markers, I hand cut each of the flowers out so I could pop up two layers of flowers for extra dimension.

I then pulled out some Cosmo Cricket Restoration designer paper and cut out one of the green borders to use on my card over a wood looking designer paper from the same packet.  Once I had layered everything, I lightly stippled some Stampin Up! soft sky ink to fill in the white spots.  Now, what's flowers without some bees and butterflies?  Boring!  So, pulling out my trusty Garden Party Critter set, I stamped several bees, colored, and cut them out before popping them up with mini pop dots; doing the same thing with the butterfly as well. 

I had so much fun with these sets, even with the freakin migraine that seems to come around for every BFTP blog hop. *rolls eyes*  Isn't it amazing what can be done with meds these days? LOL 

Now, you're not going to want to miss the eye candy the rest of the participants have made up for you, so make sure you visit all of the blogs listed below and leave some love.



Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day!!


Stamps: TE Garden Party Blooms, Garden Party Critters
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamagic Tea Leaves, Stampin Up! Soft Sky, Wild Wasabi
Card Stock: White, MFT White Perfect Panels, Stampin Up! Ruby Red, Summer Sun, Old Olive, Creamy Caramel, Cosmo Cricket Restoration Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Black Ice Stickles, Crystal Ice Stickles, Pop Dots, Mini Pop Dots, Dimensionals, Brads, Stipple Brushes

Flowers Along The Wall - Musical Challenge 11

I'm finally getting a chance to post this card I made a couple of weeks ago for the Splitcoaststampers Weekly Musical Challenge.  The song that week was Butterfly Kisses by Tim McGraw.  I've had a couple of Taylored Expressions stamps sets for a while in my stash and this seemed like a great time to pull them out and get inky.

After finding some Provo Craft "wall" designer paper I've had for years and my Stampin Up! color wheel to match the "wall", I got to work.  After stamping the stems, flowers, and butterfly in various PTI inks, then lightly stippling Stampin Up! soft sky ink for the sky; I stamped some more flowers, butterfly, and mushrooms on white scratch paper to pop up later. 

After layering and assembling my card, I pulled out a sponge and sponged Stampin Up! more mustard around the card and lightly around the layers.  I then used a black marker to make some faux stitching lines around my images and layers.  Once that was done, I added the cut out pieces on pop dots, and some bling to finish things off.  Here's a close up of the details.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: Taylored Expressions Garden Party Blooms & Critters
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Summer Sun, More Mustard, Ruby Red, Kraft, Provo Craft Designer Paper
Ink: Stampin Up! More Mustard, Various Papertrey Inks
Accessories: Black Marker, Pop Dots, Bling, Spong, Brads